The Jackson Police Department will form a task force to combat burglaries in the city.

Since June, police have investigated a number of break-ins, many with similarities, said Lt. Chris Simpson. Police suspect a group of juveniles is responsible and made a number of arrests during the summer and fall. The arrests, however, have not stopped the rash of burglaries.

This past weekend, police investigated a break-in Saturday and four Sunday. Simpson believed at least four were done by the same people. The suspects broke in through unlocked windows and doors, a news release from the police department stated.

On Saturday, a house in the 200 block of W. Wilkins Street was broken into through an unlocked window. Electronics were reported stolen. On Sunday, police investigated break-ins in the 300 block of W. Morrell Street, the 200 block of Griswold Street, the 1000 block of Pigeon Street and the 900 block of Orchard Place.

Marijuana was reported stolen from the W. Morrell home. The resident has a medical marijuana card but had more than was legal in the home, according to the department’s daily report. Police seized marijuana above the legal amount.

A window on Griswold was broken and a television and alcohol stolen. On Pigeon, the residents of the home woke up, scaring away whoever broke into the house through a window.

Simpson said police have good leads to suspects in this weekend’s burglaries. The suspects in past break-ins have been juveniles, and if caught, police often can only turn over the children to their parents. The Jackson County Youth Center, a juvenile detention facility, rarely lodges alleged burglars, Simpson said.

Police broke up a similar ring of juveniles committing burglaries a year and a half ago, Simpson said.

The task force will be headed by a sergeant and include detectives and officers, Simpson said. The police department will also seek assistance from the Jackson County Major Crimes Task Force, an interagency collaboration between the Jackson Police Department, the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office, the Michigan State Police and the Blackman-Leoni Township Public Safety Department.